میخانه

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian میخانه (meyxâne, tavern, pub, bar).

Noun

میخانه • (meyhane)

  1. wineshop, tavern, inn, a place where drinks and food are served
    Synonyms: شربتخانه (şerbethane), میكده (meykede)

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Turkish: meyhane
  • Armenian: մեխանա (mexana), մեյխանա (meyxana), միհանա (mihana)
  • Bulgarian: механа́ (mehaná)
  • Macedonian: меана (meana)
  • Romanian: mihamea
  • Serbo-Croatian:
    Cyrillic script: меха̀на
    Latin script: mehàna

Further reading

Persian

Etymology

From می (mey) +‎ خانه (xâne).

Pronunciation

 

Readings
Classical reading? mayxāna
Dari reading? mayxāna
Iranian reading? meyxâne
Tajik reading? mayxona

Noun

Dari میخانه
Iranian Persian
Tajik майхона

میخانه • (meyxâne) (plural میخانه‌ها (meyxâne-hâ))

  1. pub, tavern, bar
  2. alehouse

Descendants

  • Tajik: майхона (mayxona)
  • Azerbaijani: meyxana
  • Hindi: मैख़ाना (maixānā)
  • Northern Kurdish: meyxane
  • Pashto: ميخانه (mayxāná)
  • Turkmen: meýhana
  • Urdu: میخانہ (maixānā)
  • Uzbek: mayxona
  • Ottoman Turkish: میخانه (meyhane)